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American Board of OphthalmologyPatient Rating
4.9 /5( out of 532 reviews )The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers.
The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.
Patient Comments
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Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.February 28, 2024MORAN EYE CENTERDr Shakoor and his staff are alla 10+ in my book.
February 28, 2024MORAN EYE CENTERHe is very caring and professional.
February 27, 2024MORAN EYE CENTERDr Shakoor is very professional, very able to handle complicated medical problems, thorough in the exams and has a pleasant sense of humor.
February 27, 2024MORAN EYE CENTERI travel from Roy, Utah to Salt Lake city and have been doing so for the past 7 or 8 years for my exams and injections for Macular Degeneration and because of his great care I have been able to keep the deterioration of my eyesight to a bare minimum. I would strongly recommend him to anyone who has my problem.
February 27, 2024MORAN EYE CENTERHe is a great doctor very caring and very good at what is does
February 24, 2024MORAN EYE CENTERWe trust Dr. Shakoor¿s judgement, decision making and his surgical skill. He is a kind and caring surgeon.
February 23, 2024MORAN EYE CENTERI feel like I am in great hands with Dr. Shakoor with my eye condition. He is very proactive about my care and as a bonus is caring and funny!
February 22, 2024MORAN EYE CENTERHe is a very knowledgeable retina specialist. Also has an excellent bedside manor, he definitely took time to listen to me about all my concerns and together decided on he best treatment for me. He explained things very clearly and easy to understand. Definitely will recommend him my friends and family.
February 21, 2024MORAN EYE CENTERLove this doc. He does everything possible to make a patient feel informed and reassured.
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Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences -Primary Board Certification American Board of OphthalmologyEducation history
Fellowship Ophthalmology, Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow Fellowship in Uveitis, Cornea and External Disease - University of California, F.I. Proctor Foundation Fellow Residency Ophthalmology - University of Virginia Resident Transitional Year - Indiana University School of Medicine Resident Fellowship Applied Physics laboratory under Dr. Mahnaz Shahidi and Dr. N.P. Blair - University of Illinois at Chicago, Eye and Ear Infirmary Fellow Medicine and Surgery - The Aga Khan University College of Medicine M.B.B.S. Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Shwani T, Zhang C, Owen LA, Shakoor A, Vitale AT, Lillvis JH, Barr JL, Cromwell P, Finley R, Husami N, Au E, Zavala RA, Graves EC, Zhang SX, Farkas MH, Ammar DA, Allison KM, Tawfik A, Sherva RM, Li M, Stambolian D, Kim IK, Farrer LA, DeAngelis MM (2023). Patterns of Gene Expression, Splicing, and Allele-Specific Expression Vary among Macular Tissues and Clinical Stages of Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Cells, 12(23). (Read full article)
- Orozco LD, Owen LA, Hofmann J, Stockwell AD, Tao J, Haller S, Mukundan VT, Clarke C, Lund J, Sridhar A, Mayba O, Barr JL, Zavala RA, Graves EC, Zhang C, Husami N, Finley R, Au E, Lillvis JH, Farkas MH, Shakoor A, Sherva R, Kim IK, Kaminker JS, Townsend MJ, Farrer LA, Yaspan BL, Chen HH, DeAngelis MM (2023). A systems biology approach uncovers novel disease mechanisms in age-related macular degeneration. Cell Genom, 3(6), 100302. (Read full article)
- Liang Q, Cheng X, Wang J, Owen L, Shakoor A, Lillvis JL, Zhang C, Farkas M, Kim IK, Li Y, DeAngelis M, Chen R (2023). A multi-omics atlas of the human retina at single-cell resolution. Cell Genom, 3(6), 100298. (Read full article)
- Samra YA, Kira D, Rajpurohit P, Mohamed R, Owen LA, Shakoor A, Kim IK, DeAngelis MM, Sheibani N, Al-Shabrawey M, Tawfik A (2021). Implication of N-Methyl-d-Aspartate Receptor in Homocysteine-Induced Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Int J Mol Sci, 22(17). (Read full article)
- Hu KS, Vitale AT, Shakoor A, Larochelle M, Sassalos T, Elner SG, Jayasundera T, Conrady CD (2021). Pyramidal Inflammatory Deposits of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium and Outer Retina in Ocular Syphilis. Ophthalmol Retina, 6(2), 172-178. (Read full article)
- Hicks PM, Haaland B, Feehan M, Crandall AS, Pettey JH, Nuttall E, Self W, Hartnett ME, Bernstein P, Vitale A, Shakoor A, Shulman JP, Sieminski SF, Kim I, Owen LA, Murtaugh MA, Noyes A, DeAngelis MM (2020). Systemic Disease and Ocular Comorbidity Analysis of Geographically Isolated Federally Recognized American Indian Tribes of the Intermountain West. J Clin Med, 9(11). (Read full article)
- Goldstein ED, Shakoor A, Majersik JJ (2020). Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion and Venous Abnormalities in CADASIL. Neurologist, 25(6), 178-179. (Read full article)
- Ibrahim AS, Hussein K, Wang F, Wan M, Saad N, Essa M, Kim I, Shakoor A, Owen LA, DeAngelis MM, Al-Shabrawey M (2020). Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP)4 But Not BMP2 Disrupts the Barrier Integrity of Retinal Pigment Epithelia and Induces Their Migration: A Potential Role in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration. J Clin Med, 9(7). (Read full article)
- Conrady CD, Shakoor A, Patel R, Larochelle M, Moshirfar M, Chaya CJ, Jacoby R, Vitale AT (2020). Combined Phacoemulsification and Pars Plana Vitrectomy for the Treatment of Cataract in Patients With Noninfectious Uveitis. J Vitreoretin Dis, 4(5), 393-400. (Read full article)
- Conrady CD, Shakoor A (2019). Rituximab-Associated Retinal Occlusive Vasculopathy: A Case Report and Literature Review. Ocul Immunol Inflamm, 28(4), 622-625. (Read full article)
- Conrady CD, Feist RM Jr, Vitale AT, Shakoor A (2020). Long-term visual outcomes of endophthalmitis and the role of systemic steroids in addition to intravitreal dexamethasone. BMC Ophthalmol, 20(1), 181. (Read full article)
- Jacobsen BH, Shah AA, Aggarwal S, Mwanansao C, McFadden M, Zouache MA, Shakoor A (2020). Prevalence of Retinal Diseases and Associated Risk Factors in an African Population From Mwanza, Tanzania. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina, 51(5), S17-S25. (Read full article)
- Liang Q, Dharmat R, Owen L, Shakoor A, Li Y, Kim S, Vitale A, Kim I, Morgan D, Liang S, Wu N, Chen K, DeAngelis MM, Chen R (2019). Single-nuclei RNA-seq on human retinal tissue provides improved transcriptome profiling. Nat Commun, 10(1), 5743. (Read full article)
- Owen LA, Shakoor A, Morgan DJ, Hejazi AA, McEntire MW, Brown JJ, Farrer LA, Kim I, Vitale A, DeAngelis MM (2019). The Utah Protocol for Postmortem Eye Phenotyping and Molecular Biochemical Analysis. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 60(4), 1204-1212. (Read full article)
- Hicks PM, Melendez SAC, Vitale A, Self W, Hartnett ME, Bernstein P, Morgan DJ, Feehan M, Shakoor A, Kim I, Owen LA, DeAngelis MM (2019). Genetic Epidemiologic Analysis of Hypertensive Retinopathy in an Underrepresented and Rare Federally Recognized Native American Population of the Intermountain West. J Community Med Public Health, 3(1). (Read full article)
- Conrady CD, Hanson KE, Mehra S, Carey A, Larochelle M, Shakoor A (2018). The First Case of Trypanosoma cruzi-Associated Retinitis in an Immunocompromised Host Diagnosed With Pan-Organism Polymerase Chain Reaction. Clin Infect Dis, 67(1), 141-143. (Read full article)
- DeAngelis MM, Owen LA, Morrison MA, Morgan DJ, Li M, Shakoor A, Vitale A, Iyengar S, Stambolian D, Kim IK, Farrer LA (2017). Genetics of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Hum Mol Genet, 26(R1), R45-R50. (Read full article)
Review
- Le HG, Shakoor A (2021). Diabetic and Retinal Vascular Eye Disease. [Review]. Med Clin North Am, 105(3), 455-472. (Read full article)
- BrundrettA, Conrady CD, Shakoor A, Lin A (2018). Current Strategies for Prevention and Treatment of Postoperative Endophthalmitis. [Review]. Curr Ophthalmol Rep, 1-10.
- Hassman L, Shakoor A (April 2018). How to Manage Intraocular Lymphoma. [Review]. 25(4), 64-69.
Conference Proceedings
- Hicks P, Collazo-Melendez A, Vitale AT, Self W, Hartnett ME, Bernstein PS, Morgan D, Feehan M, Shakoor A, Kim I, Owen L, DeAngelis MM (2019). Genetic Epidemiologic Analysis of Hypertensive Retinopathy (HTR) Reveals Unique Risk in a Native American Population. The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2019 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Letter
- Conrady CD, Hu K, Shakoor A, Larochelle M, Sassalos T, Elner SG, Jayasundera T, Vitale AT (2021). Reply. [Letter to the editor]. Ophthalmol Retina, 6(5), 437-438. (Read full article)
- Simonett JM, Shakoor A, Bernstein PS (2020). Intentional retinal injury with handheld lasers is an underrecognized form of self-harm. [Letter to the editor]. J Affect Disord, 281, 503-504. (Read full article)
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